Antitrust & Trade Law Books

There are over 4,000 private fund advisers registered with the Securities Exchange Commission and along with the United States, more than 160 jurisdictions that have merger control regimes. This Handbook was written to examine the increasing importance for private equity entities to know and understand the complexities of the antitrust and merger control laws in the United States, as well as other select jurisdictions. The Handbook is designed to be a resource for business people and legal practitioners, and as a useful guide at private equity firms understanding the potential competition issues that arise in connection with their business. It will also assist legal practitioners working with private equity firms in navigating the particular intersections of antitrust law and the private equity industry and the issues that can arise.

Proof of Conspiracy Under Federal Antitrust Laws discusses the use of direct and indirect evidence to get at the heart of what constitutes an agreement—or as the Supreme Court has termed it a "commitment to a common scheme"—at every stage in litigation.

Proving Antitrust Damages: Legal and Economic Issues is an accessible introduction to the legal and economic concepts of antitrust damages for use by counsel who may be new to the area. Updated content provides more experienced antitrust practitioners a deeper understanding of the legal and economic issues without the need for formal economic training.

This 2013 Review by the American Bar Association is a must for anyone even remotely involved in consumer protection law.

The third edition, like the previous editions, offers guidance to counsel who interact with state antitrust enforcers.

The Telecom Antitrust Handbook, Third Edition is intended to serve as a comprehensive review and analysis of the application of antitrust law and principles to the telecommunications industries.

Revised and expanded, this comprehensive guide to the process and procedures of merger review at the federal agencies makes the federal review process more comprehensible and accessible to executives, parties, and their counsel.

This handbook will be a valuable addition to the debate over how the antitrust laws should be applied to collective and unilateral efforts to influence government action for allegedly anticompetitive ends, as well as a valuable resource in applying the Noerr-Pennington doctrine.